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March 13, 2022

Campus Announcements

Faculty and Staff COVID Testing


While it is now voluntary, faculty and staff are encouraged to continue to utilize the benefit of COVID testing, especially if you traveled during Spring Break. Please schedule your test thru Healthway.

Data Science Core Opens for Business


Its goal is to have analytical capabilities on campus that are needed to support and advance the biomedical research of BUSM faculty.

Call for Nominations for Distinguished Faculty and Staff of the Month


Distinguished Faculty of the Month: To recognize faculty service to the BUSM community, please submit your nominations here. All BUSM faculty are eligible for nominations.

 

Distinguished Staff of the Month: To recognize staff who provide exceptional commitment and service to the BUSM community, please submit your nominations here. All BUSM staff and BMC staff who directly support the academic, teaching, and research missions of BUSM (e.g., coordination of clerkship rotations) are eligible.

 

Submit your nominations by Friday, April 8.

Congratulations

2022 Faculty Awards


Honoring the outstanding service of faculty and staff members is an important aspect BUSM. Congratulations to the recipients!

2022 Toffler Scholar


Congratulations to Julia TCW, PhD!

2022 Wing Tat Lee Awards


Congratulations to Drs. Catherine Costello, Haiyan Gong, Jingyan Han, Nelson Lau, Wendy Qiu and Huiping Zhang!

2022 Spivack Neuroscience Pilot Awards


Congratulations to Hugo Aparicio, MD, MPH, and Stephanie Puig, PhD!

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News

Jonathan Woodson, MD, Nominated for Biden Administration Role


Would serve as Vice Chair of the Asset and Infrastructure Review Commission, Department of Veterans Affairs.

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Lesotho-Boston Health Alliance Receives Society of Family Medicine Teachers’ Innovative Program Award


The goal of the program is to improve the physician-patient ratio for Lesotho and train leaders for public health infrastructure.

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Faculty Action

Faculty Resources at BUMC

Date: Tuesday, March 29

Time: Noon-2 p.m.

Virtual Event: Register here


Join us and learn about the various offices and resources offered on the Medical Campus. This is session is open to all faculty members and will include introductions and presentations on:

  • Faculty Affairs
  • Research
  • Proposal Development
  • Foundation Relations
  • Communications
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Professionalism Resource Services
  • Faculty & Staff Assistance
  • Medical Education
  • BUMC IT
  • Student Affairs
  • Faculty Development
  • GMS
  • Human Resources
  • Ombuds
  • BUMG


BUSM Faculty Affairs, Human Resources and BUMG will jointly host this faculty resource meeting.

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In the Media

AAMC

Is there a doctor in the House — or Senate? Medical trainees learn to advocate

Vanessa Torrice, BUSM ‘22


Boston Globe

BU researchers seek thousands of former soccer, football players for head impact study

Robert Stern, PhD


Boston Globe

Groups hardest hit by COVID-19 appear least likely to get care for its lingering effects

Cassandra Pierre, MD, MPH, MSc; Nahid Bhadelia, MD


Boston Globe

Shift in pediatric hospital care, but maybe not a seismic one

Neelam Vashi, MD; Henriette De La Garza, MD


Good News Network

Optimistic Men Have a Better Shot at Less-Stressful, Healthy Aging, Finds New Study

Lewina Lee, PhD


Healio

Sociodemographic, structural processes mostly explain racial disparity in prostate MRI use

Michael Poulson, MD


Health Day

More Years Playing Hockey, Higher Odds for CTE Linked to Head Injury

Jesse Mez, MD


Medscape

More Years of Ice Hockey Play Tied to Higher CTE Risk

Jesse Mez, MD


New York Post

Positive thinking may improve your emotional health, study finds

Lewina Lee, PhD


Science

Sharks save energy with daytime naps

Patrick McNamara, PhD


WBZ News Radio

Boston University Researchers Study Contact Sports' Impact On Brains

Michael Alosco, PhD; Matthew Roebuck


WCVB-TV

BU study says that optimism may be associated with less stress

Lewina Lee, PhD

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